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RAGBRAI: Organize It and They Will Come

RAGBRAI: Organize It and They Will Come

Bill and Cristina riding along - RAGBRAI 2014

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TEAM SPRINT! Old Bikes

TEAM SPRINT! Old Bikes

This is an old bike that perhaps was on 1800's ride.

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RAGBRAI - Inspiring riders since 1973

RAGBRAI - Inspiring riders since 1973

Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa

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Friendly people with places to stay

Friendly people with places to stay

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Los Angles Times Article by Bill Pierce

Los Angles Times Article by Bill Pierce

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May 16 – Burlington, Ontario

May 16 – Burlington, Ontario

May 16, 2017 “There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run.” – Gordon Lightfoot, “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” The train from Winnipeg to Toronto is a return to another era—with a few new disadvantages. One

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May 15 – Winnipeg, Manitoba

May 15 – Winnipeg, Manitoba

May 15, 2017 Canadians often refer to their seventh-largest city as “Winterpeg.” There are far colder places, to be sure, but winter does seem to have a long run there. Measurable snow can fall at any time from mid-October to

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May 8 (Part 2) – Winnipeg, Manitoba

May 8 (Part 2) – Winnipeg, Manitoba

May 8, 2017 (Part two) I don’t have much past recollection of Manitoba, a place I once passed through on the way West way back in the 1970s. I suppose I mostly remember the north woods giving way to the

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May 8 – Hallock, Minnesota and St. Malo, Manitoba

May 8 – Hallock, Minnesota and St. Malo, Manitoba

May 8, 2017 The highlight of my last full day in the U.S. was in Hallock, Minnesota, almost as far northwest as you can get in the of Land of 10,000 Lakes, fewer than 10 miles from the Red River

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May 3 – Thief River Falls, Minnesota

May 3 – Thief River Falls, Minnesota

May 3, 2017 To a kid who loved to look at maps and had a dog-eared road atlas next to his bed, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, always seemed at the edge of known territory. Of course there is much of

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May 2 – Detroit Lakes, Mahnomen and Thief River Falls, Minnesota

May 2 – Detroit Lakes, Mahnomen and Thief River Falls, Minnesota

May 2, 2017 I’m moving right along across Northwestern Minnesota, where spring is tentative at this latitude (now 48 degrees), but the early signs are there, more like early April in places where I’ve spent most of my life. In

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April 27 – Fergus Falls, Minnesota

April 27 – Fergus Falls, Minnesota

April 27, 2016 The image that accompanies this post explains almost as much as I can, although it may be a little more innocent than the reality. Or, strangely, the “Forecast Discussion” section of the National Weather Service site for

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April 24 (Part 2) – Slayton, Marshall and Montevideo, Minnesota

April 24 (Part 2) – Slayton, Marshall and Montevideo, Minnesota

April 24, 2017 (Part 2) Southwest Minnesotans complain that their agricultural heartland is sometimes ignored by the rest of the state. Actually, it’s a claim that could be made by almost any region of a state dominated in terms of

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April 24 – Worthington, Minnesota

April 24 – Worthington, Minnesota

April 24, 2017 Sometimes other demands on my time take over. It’s been more than a week since I posted a blog entry; the reasons for the delay are many: the progress of the trip, weather, personal matters, just trying

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April 23 – Montevideo, Minnesota

April 23 – Montevideo, Minnesota

Here’s a link to a radio podcast they did of me in Montevideo, Minnesota (you have to  scroll down their page):      http://podcast.ruralsolutions.com/wordpress/  

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Recent Posts by Bill

  • May 16 – Burlington, Ontario

    May 16 – Burlington, Ontario

    May 16, 2017
    May 16, 2017 “There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run.” – …
  • May 15 – Winnipeg, Manitoba

    May 15 – Winnipeg, Manitoba

    May 15, 2017
    May 15, 2017 Canadians often refer to their seventh-largest city as “Winterpeg.” There are far colder places, to …
  • May 8 (Part 2) – Winnipeg, Manitoba

    May 8 (Part 2) – Winnipeg, Manitoba

    May 8, 2017
    May 8, 2017 (Part two) I don’t have much past recollection of Manitoba, a place I once passed …
  • May 8 – Hallock, Minnesota and St. Malo, Manitoba

    May 8 – Hallock, Minnesota and St. Malo, Manitoba

    May 8, 2017
    May 8, 2017 The highlight of my last full day in the U.S. was in Hallock, Minnesota, almost …
  • May 3 – Thief River Falls, Minnesota

    May 3 – Thief River Falls, Minnesota

    May 3, 2017
    May 3, 2017 To a kid who loved to look at maps and had a dog-eared road atlas …

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Recent Posts

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  • May 8 – Hallock, Minnesota and St. Malo, Manitoba May 8, 2017
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